Record details

:   6392
Province:   Free State
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3025BC
Observer:   Kadis R
Date of record:   2013-05-07
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Spotted aardwolf next to road and then later the same day found it dead on the road, hit by a car.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   197770
Species name:   Proteles cristata
Common name:   Aardwolf -- Aardwolf
Family:   Hyaenidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Aardwolf
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-6392
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:   :( so sad!
Date:   2013-07-15 20:56:40
Species name:   Proteles cristata -- Aardwolf; Aardwolf
Species code:   197770

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